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Monitor for graphic design.

  • March 1, 2014
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Hello everyone!

I'm a guy who's getting serious into graphic design, I'm studying it and this is what I want to do as my job...But I need your help! I'm gonna buy a whole new computer + monitor.  The thing is: I have no idea what monitor to buy..I've read that IPS panels are better for this kind of work.

Also my budget is not that great...around 170€/230€ (I know that's nothing but that's pretty much all I can do for now) for a 24" monitor...

Some friends told me this was a good option ASUS VS239HR 23", or this one DELL U2412M...

So..for someone who's going to work with Photoshop and Illustrator basically what do you recomend?

Thank you so much in advance!

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    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
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    March 1, 2014

    If you're on a budget - go down in size, don't go down in quality.

    There are currently only two manufacturers who consistently and reliably deliver top quality: Eizo and NEC. Both have budget / entry-level lines that perform very well at modest prices.

    With your budget you should look at Eizo Foris FS 2333, or the NEC EA series. All of these use IPS panels and are very good monitors. The Eizo is about 300 euro here in Norway, I know, a little more than you had in mind, but the monitor is where it really pays off to stretch the budget as much as you can.

    All the others aim for highest possible on-paper specifications, at lowest possible price. What's sacrificed is what the customer can't immediately see, namely quality control and tight tolerances. What they do is get their parts from the vendors' C and D batch production (the throwaways) at great discount. Dell is notorious for this.

    Case in point: The 23 inch, standard gamut NEC P232 is roughly the same price as the 27 inch, wide gamut Dell U2713H. There is a reason for that.

    Trevor.Dennis
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    Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
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    March 1, 2014

    Dag, 300 euro sounds remarkably cheap for an Eizo monitor, and I suspect an awful lot of graphic designers manage perfectly OK on lesser brands.   I would not be keen to pay dollars for a refurbished Dell BTW.  ISTR someone on this forum saying he has one and it works fine, but when my aging 30 inch 1920 x 1200 Dell Ultrasharp developed an intermitant vertical line towards the left side of the screen, Google indicated it was not uncommon.

    On the other hand, I only researched Dell because that's what I have a problem with, and with all those millions of computer monitors in this world, I dare say Google might find similar results for other makes

    I got 7.45m hits for 'Eizo monitor problems' for instance.

    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
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    March 1, 2014

    This is what bites Dell customers regularly, and have for many years. This is a very recent example:

    http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/peripherals/f/3529/t/19526218.aspx

    That in itself is forgiveable if it happens in a single unit. What is not is Dell's official response:

    http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/peripherals/f/3529/t/19269971.aspx?dgc=EM&cid=266809&lid=4934734

    In other words: tough luck.

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